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Spartlett Custom Benchgraft
This is an improved Bartlett pear with the fruit being at least 1/3 larger. The trees are hardy but susceptible to fire blight.
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St. Nicholas Custom Benchgraft
AKA Duchesse D'Orleans. A large, brown russeted dessert pear. Flesh is sweet and juicy.
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Sugar Custom Benchgraft
Round, yellow pear with red russet blushes. Flesh is very sweet. Self-fertile.
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Summer Blood Birne Custom Benchgraft
European pear. A small red fleshed pear with yellow skin and a red blush. The flesh is very sweet and makes a sweet red juice.
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Summer Crisp Custom Benchgraft
Medium size pear with sweet, crisp flesh.
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Sunrise Pear Custom Benchgraft
Early yellow pear with sweet flesh. Tree is very disease resistant.
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Superfin Custom Benchgraft
A large, yellow pear with some russeting. Flesh is granular, melting, juicy, and sweet.
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Theilsbirne Custom Benchgraft
A small , yellow perry pear used for cider.
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Thorn Custom Benchgraft
A small , yellow perry pear used for cider.
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Treasure Custom Benchgraft
Medium to large, yellow skin pear with some russeting. Flesh is juicy, fine grained and buttery with a sweet, mild flavor.
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Turnbull Giant Custom Benchgraft
A very large, juicy, crisp, sweet round pears resemble Asian pears. Highly disease resistant to fireblight and other pear diseases.
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Tyson Custom Benchgraft
A medium sized pear with yellow skin. Flesh is juicy with a spicy-sweet flavor.
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Ubileen Custom Benchgraft
A large size pear with yellow skin and a red blush. Flesh is juicy, fine and melting with a rich flavor. Very disease resistant.
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Ure Custom Benchgraft
A small, green pear. Flesh is sweet, and juicy. Fire blight resistant.
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Vermont Beauty Custom Benchgraft
Pale yellow pear covered with dots. Flesh is tender and juicy with a rich flavor.
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Warren Custom Benchgraft
A medium to large, green pear with some red blushing. Flesh is sweet, juicy, and smooth with no grit.
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Wilders Early Custom Benchgraft
A large, greenish-yellow pear with a red blush. The flesh is buttery, sweet, and juicy. An abundant cropper.
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Winnals Longdon Custom Benchgraft
A small, green perry pear with a red blush. Used for cider.
Out of stock$15.00
Pear Custom Benchgraft
Custom Bench Grafting Apple, Pear, Plum trees
Bench grafting is where a piece of scionwood is grafted onto a rootstock to grow a new tree. The scionwood dictates the variety of fruit. The rootstock dictates the size, hardiness, vigor, and disease resistance of the tree. Apple scions must be grafted onto apple rootstock, pear scions onto pear rootstock, and plum scions onto stone rootstock.
There are many different methods of bench grafting, but the whip and tongue is a good one with high success rates. Basically, we whip and tongue graft a piece of scionwood that has 2-3 buds on it (usually 2-3 inches) onto a rootstock of your choice. Before grafting onto the rootstock, it is cut down to 6 inches above the top root which usually ends up with a 12 inch rootstock. The resulting benchgraft is roughly 14-15 inches long.